Dress and Ornaments in Ancient Peru: Archaeological and Historical Studies
Goteborg: Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebol AG (Printers), 1929. Inscribed. Hardcover. Original tan wraps bound into hardbound volume with grey cloth. Original front cover pasted onto cloth front cover. 262 pp. with 99 bw figures and a bw map; plus Appendix (with 3 bw images). VG- clean and tight. Art museum ex-lib. sticker, blind stamp, bar code, and one ink notation on preface page. Inscribed by the author. Item #153051
Text in English. Covers the Pre-Incan age, the Incan age, and the Post-Columbian age, discussing men's and women's clothing in each era, along with textile techniques and more. The Appendix is a report on the examination of a shaving of mummified human skin (in Ancon, Peru) by Professor Folke Nenschen.
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